Simply beautiful archive from the past. They certainly understood how to weave functionality with beauty into these Minnesota Sewing Machines. This one has preserved so many of its essential pieces. I never learned how to make it work but their is a delicate booklet if you desire to learn and I was told that it was still functional when I bought it several years ago as a hall table to hold a lamp. We are so sad to see this go as young an old love the beauty of this piece but we are preparing for a move and likely won’t have space for it.